başlanŋan
/baʃlanŋan/
past participle of başlanırğa →
1. started, begun, initiated, commenced
- başlanŋan iş — started work
- başlanŋan işni jartı qoyma — don't leave started work half done
- başlanŋan işni ahırına jet — see the work you have started through to its end
- har başlanŋan işni ahırı boladı — every task that is started has an end
- başlanŋan maşok un — an opened sack of flour
2. initial, primary, elementary
- başlanŋan şkol — primary school
- başlanŋan oquw — elementary education
- jolnu başlanŋan jeri — the starting point of the journey
- suwnu başlanŋan jeri — the source of the river
3. beginning, start (of something) — Used with a possessive ending after the thing that begins, as in oquw jılnı başlanŋanı 'the beginning of the school year'.
- oquw jılnı başlanŋanı — the beginning of the school year
- işni başlanŋanı toğuz sağatdadı — the start of work is at nine o'clock
- romannı başlanŋanı — the opening of the novel
Which reading? Look at what follows.
| başlanŋan + noun | the one who begins (the noun is the doer) |
|---|---|
| başlanŋanı, nothing after | someone's beginning |
| başlanŋanı under bilirge, körürge | that someone begins |
With an owner
| my | başlanŋanımmy having begun |
|---|---|
| your | başlanŋanıŋyour having begun |
| his / her | başlanŋanıhis / her having begun |
| our | başlanŋanıbızour having begun |
| you all's | başlanŋanığızyou all's having begun |
| their | başlanŋanlarıtheir having begun |
Cases with an owner
The endings on başlanŋanı, the form with a third-person owner. Every other owner takes the same six.
| nominative | başlanŋanıhis / her having begun |
|---|---|
| genitive | başlanŋanınıhis / her having begun's |
| accusative | başlanŋanınhis / her having begun |
| dative | başlanŋanınato his / her having begun |
| locative | başlanŋanındawhen he / she began |
| ablative | başlanŋanındanafter he / she began |
Negative
| the negative | başlanmağanthe one that didn't begin |
|---|---|
| his / her | başlanmağanıhis / her not having begun |